NGC 5815
| Galaxy NGC 5815 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Libra |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 15 h 00 m 29.3 s |
| declination | -16 ° 50 ′ 04 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Sb |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.3 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.1 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.8 ′ × 0.4 ′ |
| Position angle | 25 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.9 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.009990 ± 0.000010 |
| Radial velocity | (2995 ± 3) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(132 ± 9) · 10 6 ly (40.4 ± 2.8) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Francis Leavenworth |
| Discovery date | February 15, 1886 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 5815 • PGC 53600 • MCG -03-38-44 • IRAS 14576-1638 • LDCE 1087 NED006 | |
NGC 5815 is a 14.3 mag bright spiral galaxy of the Hubble type Sb in the constellation Libra and about 132 million light years from the Milky Way.
It was discovered by Francis Leavenworth on February 15, 1886 .
Web links
- NGC 5815. SIMBAD, accessed April 26, 2016 .
- NGC 5815. DSO Browser, accessed April 26, 2016 .
- Auke Slotegraaf: NGC 5815. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed April 26, 2016 (English).